Objective

Fix 22 actionlint [expression] errors in 4 workflow markdown files by adding missing needs: job dependencies where needs.precompute.outputs.* or needs.check_ci_status.outputs.* are referenced.

Context

From Static Analysis Report discussion #17668 (2026-02-22 scan):

• 22 expression errors across 4 workflows
• Jobs reference needs.precompute.outputs.* or needs.check_ci_status.outputs.* in their env: blocks without declaring those upstream jobs in their needs: field
• This causes actionlint type errors because the outputs object type is {} (empty) from actionlint's perspective

Affected Files

• .github/workflows/bot-detection.md — 12 errors (3 jobs reference needs.precompute.outputs.action, issue_body, issue_number, issue_title)
• .github/workflows/hourly-ci-cleaner.md — 6 errors (needs.precompute.outputs.* + needs.check_ci_status.outputs.*)
• .github/workflows/release.md — 3 errors (needs.precompute.outputs.* in 1 job)
• .github/workflows/issue-monster.md — 1 error (needs.precompute.outputs.*)

Required Fix

For each affected job that uses needs.precompute.outputs.*, add precompute to that job's needs: list. Similarly add check_ci_status where referenced.

Example:

Before:

agent:
  # no needs: declared
  env:
    GH_AW_NEEDS_PRECOMPUTE_OUTPUTS_ACTION: ${{ needs.precompute.outputs.action }}

After:

agent:
  needs: [precompute]
  env:
    GH_AW_NEEDS_PRECOMPUTE_OUTPUTS_ACTION: ${{ needs.precompute.outputs.action }}

Steps

1. Open each affected .md file and inspect the jobs section in the YAML frontmatter
2. For each job referencing needs.precompute.outputs.*, add precompute to needs: if not already present
3. For each job referencing needs.check_ci_status.outputs.*, add check_ci_status to needs: if not already present
4. Run make build && ./gh-aw compile .github/workflows/bot-detection.md (and the other 3 files) to recompile
5. Verify the actionlint expression errors are gone: make recompile && actionlint .github/workflows/bot-detection.lock.yml (and others)

Acceptance Criteria

• All 22 expression errors resolved in the 4 affected workflows
• All 4 workflows still compile successfully (make recompile)
• make agent-finish passes with no new errors

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• expires on Feb 24, 2026, 7:00 AM UTC